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Excellent fantasy RTS game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent cross between a real-time sim and a role playing game. It basically gives you the best of both worlds. I have been playing this for awhile now, and while I really like the gameplay and all the features, I was a little disappointed with the graphics. I thought they could of been quite a bit better. If they were improved I wouldn't have anything to complain about. Besides that, this game is excellent. I would say its more RPG than RTS, but anyone who's a fan of either genre would really like it. Check out a demo for this, I'm sure you will find the game to be really fun.

u like rts? GET THIS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks...just got done a fantastic online game. I had just about given up on the rts market when I spied Kohan on the shelf and on an impulse decided to buy it. Kohan just rocks pure and simple. Its got a Civ2 like economics model, garrisoned cities..brigade combat(no more clickfests as brigades replenish themselves when under supply), nice graphics+sounds and best of all A GREAT MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE....every game I have played on my crappy 56k ISP has been lag free and played to the finish. Get this game.

Oh yah btw...Kohans developers actually took the time to beta test the game..if there are bugs I havent seen em yet.

kohan is classic fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

it would be unfair to say that kohan is AOE taking place in an alien world filled with dragons and demons, but i cant think of a better description. if you dig RTS titles, then this game wont disappoint. it has its own tech tree and resource management, but with an emphasis on strategy on the battle field. I like all the little background details about the heroes and the world as a whole. you can even speed up and slow down the game with hot keys. i wish the scaling of the buildings and mountains would have been different- bigger for sure. but over all, the game has potential and high replayability value. if you are familiar with AOE, you will have no problem playing this game.

the next evolution of RTS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is quite addicting and the best RTS I have ever played. Kohan manages to get rid of the click-fest micro-management aspects typical to an RTS (for economy and military), and replaces it with higher level strategic gameplay. The concepts of zones and supply are innovative, and actually make you try to keep your units alive. Multiplayer has excellent replay value, and the potential strategic depth of the tactics in the game is tremendous. Multiplayer/skirmish games also have a huge variety of options - including a random map generator (a must). The interface is intuitive enough if you have played RTS games before. The AI is quite strong, although only against beginners and intermediate players, which is typical of RTS games. The graphics are very nice, particularly the large variety of spell effects.

WARNING! Kohan Dependancy Clinics on the Horizon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I typically have been unimpressed with most RTS games, Age of Empires, StarCraft...etc. But since my friend introduced me to the world of Kohan I can't get enough! Gone are the "micro-manage-tank-rush" and the "obliviously-send-thousands-to-their-deaths" tactics that ruin most other RTS games for me. And the AI has ripped me a new one more often than I would care to admit. Also of worthy note is the mixing and matching of availble units into combat groups. You can have a front line of archers backed up my magic users or a front line of cavalry backed up by archers. This ability makes for some really great combinations!

My only complaint is why didn't we hear about this game BEFORE it came out!? I hope PCGamer et al get their heads out of the sand to take notice of this gem that will be on my HD for a long time to come.

!!BEST GAME OF 2001!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you're looking for a comparison to another game out there, then I would have to say its normal rts (starcraft, age of empires, etc) meets age of wonders (the economic system and city management) meets close combat (no individual unit management, its all on company level). I've had more fun with this game than I have any other in a very long time! I have absolutely NO COMPLAINTS about this game except that I am afraid if most people don't buy it, it'll get lost in the huge shuffle of all the other RTS games out there. It is, however, a LOT better, and a lot more fun than any other out there. BUY THIS GAME NOW

An instant classic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: April 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The release of Kohan brings back memories of the release of another of my favorite games, X-Com. I really hadn't heard too much about the game but it was getting good word of mouth on the Internet so I decided to purchase it, boy am I glad I did. The game itself isn't like X-Com but the reason I bring that game up is that Kohan, like X-Com, comes from a developer I had not really heard of, without much fanfare and, like X-Com, is simply one of the most fun, challenging and time consuming games I have ever played.

If you enjoy a combination strategy-RPG game, this is the perfect game for you. It combines excellent design and playability, yet there is a great depth to the game that you might miss at first glance. The graphics and sound are not first class, but that is forgivable when you think of the budget that was probably given the game and they are more than servicable. The gameplay is amazing, imagine a cross of Warlords and Heroes of Might & Magic. You will play for hours and find that your money was well spent.

Please buy this game, we need more success stories and I hope this game is one, everywhere you turn the reviews are golden.

Kohan: Not an RTS, this is a RST ( real strategy with time)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: April 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I agree: real time strategy games have their place but often the strategic elements seemed dimmed when you're frantically fighting off the rush of your opponents quickly built expendable units (remember Starcraft or Age of Empires?). Yet real time does have that sense of immediacy: daydream too long building your little village and suddenly a dozen archers are scattering your farmers, burning your temples, and turning your axemen into human pincushions. Kohan allows you to (if you choose) to carefully outfit a fighting company with various special units that affect combat capabilities in different ways, develop an economy without having to check to see if your lumberjacks aren't running out of wood or babysit your farmers to see if they're still farming, acquire technology (so to speak) smoothly rather than researching nonintuitive research trees. The A.I. is fairly good and multi-player is a blast. I wish the campaign wasn't so skimpy and the units so small (they're good but tiny). I also don't like the booklet manual - it isn't enough if you want to know (in numbers) important things like the difference in defense values of being entrenched, column movements vs. skirmish movements, the value of an elite unit vs. a hastily raised militia, and so on. I should like also to mention that Kohan has a good tutorial, an easy-to-use interface, random map capabilities and, as far as I can tell, no game-stopping bugs. FIND THE DEMO for a taste.

Best Real time strategy game I have played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: May 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow!! Finally a RTS game that really is worthy of a FIVE STAR rating. Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns provides the depth and all of the strategic planning found in the best turn-based strategy games using a real-time based game engine. It blends this so well..you aren't frantically pushing buttons and clicking the mouse to manage your army..what a concept! It was a nice change to actually have a chance to think through plans and combat.

In Kohan, more emphasis is placed on strategy and tactics, rather than micromanagement and resource collecting. So if you aren't a fan of the typical RTS games (i.e., like me), give Kohan a chance...in fact, run out to the store now and buy a copy! While the game may not offer the unit diversity of the Heroes of Might and Magic series (or the flavor, unfortunately), the same strategic decision-making is required for success. Kohan is most similar to Strategy First's well-received Disciples, so if you enjoyed that game, chances are you'll be a fan of Kohan. While a Disciples scenario minimally requires a 3-4 hour commitment, Kohan scenarios require ~1 hour.

The AI, game speed control, and streamlined interface help Kohan outclass all other RTS games I've encountered in the past. So if you're looking for a fantasy-themed strategy/tactical game, Kohan is definitely your best choice.

One of the best strategy game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is lots of fun. I always thought starcraft is the best RTS game I ever played but one complain about that game is that you always have to use rush/gather tactics. In this game, all these micromanagement is blended into a company cocept making playing this game really fun. The graphics are very good and it hasn't crashed yet. The AI is very good too. In short, if you are RTS game lover, just buy it.

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